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Aug 28, 2023
Berkeley Rupp Prize awarded to Sierra Bainbridge, co-founder of MASS Design Group
CED announces Sierra Bainbridge as the recipient of the 2023–2024 Berkeley Rupp Prize. Bainbridge, an award-winning landscape architect and a co-founder of MASS Design Group, has worked at the forefront of initiatives that explore the role of design in cultural and environmental healing.
Aug 25, 2023
Liz Gálvez joins the Department of Architecture
The prize–winning architect and founding principal of Office e.g. is focused on developing new environmentalisms in architecture.
Aug 23, 2023
Perloff gift endows chair, doctoral fellowship to promote diversity and social justice
An important gift from Laura and Gregg Perloff expresses their belief that the College of Environmental Design is uniquely positioned to lead the way toward equity and diversity in the fields of architecture and city planning.
Aug 23, 2023
Walter Hood takes helm of Berkeley’s Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
The celebrated designer and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow looks forward to steering a department with strengths in both design and ecology.
Aug 4, 2023
New Terner Center report finds California law led to increased approval of multifamily infill housing
The report shows how Senate Bill 35, passed in 2017, has made the approval process for new multifamily infill development faster and more certain, leading to the approval of more than 18,000 new housing units.